Late fall of 1944. The last days of the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. The turf war has already been lost, the high command has been evacuated, and the infantry is left to die. Without provisions, medicine or ammunition, under Allied bombs and bullets from local guerrillas. Private Tamura was stranded on Leyte Island due to his ailment and gradually became "the man who isn't there." He was kicked out of the hospital back to the trenches to avoid wasting pills.
At the end of World War II, a detachment of the Japanese Imperial Army in Burma surrenders to British forces. In days of hardship and shame, the soldiers find salvation in choral singing. A private, whom everyone believes to be dead, hides under the garb of a Buddhist monk ...
A tropical paradise where all the pleasures of the world are available. A frenzy of colors, fantastic women, a sea of booze, any kind of drugs - and all for free or practically free! Reporter Richard Boyle knows El Salvador for what it is, having spent many unforgettable months here. And when his wife leaves him, he gets fired from his job and ends up in jail, he persuades a friend to flee here. Unlike Richard, who has gone through all the circles of hell, Dr. Rock is a simple, carefree adventurer. But the distant earthly paradise has become the scene of a bloody civil war.
The time of the Napoleonic Wars. Her Majesty's warship "Surprise", sailing the Atlantic, was unexpectedly attacked by a huge unknown ship that appeared out of the fog. Thanks to the courage and ingenuity of the crew, the Surprise manages to escape death. Despite heavy damage and losses, Captain Jack Aubrey, nicknamed Lucky, decides to pursue the enemy and sets off on a chase that will take him to the end of the world.
Japan, second half of the 16th century. Shingen, Takeda Shingen's younger brother, saves from death a petty thief condemned for execution who resembles the daimyo like two drops of water. The warlord opposes Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, all trying to capture Kyoto, so when Shingen is mortally wounded, he instructs his subordinates to conceal his death for three years so as not to demoralize his own troops or inspire his enemies. His double, the so-called kagemusha, enters the scene.
Ramadi, Iraq, November 19, 2006. At night, a group of American Navy SEALs takes up a firing position in one of the residential buildings to cover the advance of the marines. However, during the day, the unit comes under attack from local militants.
The life story of a simple Irish lad, Redmond Barry. When he was very young, he killed an English army officer in a duel. To avoid falling into the hands of the police, he had to leave home and go wandering around Ireland. But his wanderings were short-lived. Having given the robbers all the money, horse and weapons, he was forced to enlist in the English army. Having been to the war and seen all its horrors, he decides to desert. Having stolen an officer's uniform, Barry goes to the location of the Allies, hoping to sneak to Ireland. But even here he fails: he is exposed by a captain of the Prussian army, forcing him to join its ranks. At the end of the war, Barry was finally able to return to his country....
Forty years after Alexander's death, the elderly Ptolemy, one of Macedon's closest companions who became governor of Egypt after his death, decides to tell and record the story of the great commander's victories. For eight years the army of Alexander the Great moved to the East, to the shores of the world Ocean. Having conquered Western and Central Asia, Macedonian was the first to set foot on the mysterious and mysterious land of ancient India. He dreamed about it in his childhood, listening to the myths of Troy, the exploits of Hercules and Achilles....
France, 12th century. Belian, a young blacksmith, is forced to flee his homeland. He joins a group of crusaders led by his father. In one of the battles he is severely wounded and before his death he ordains his son a knight.
